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THIS WAY OUT
RUNDOWN for Program #632, distributed 05/08/00
(produced and hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon)
The Millennium March On Washington in black and white with Boykin & Jean;
Vermont celebrates civil unions and contemplates a gay Senator,
same-gender couples at issue in New Zealand and Nigeria,
Connecticut okays but Mississippi nixes adoption by gays and lesbians,
wealthy anti-gay Scot buys Section 28 referendum,
and other LGBT news from around the world
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Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15
SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Hundreds of thousands rally in D.C. on April 30th at
the Millennium March On Washington for Equality, and tens of thousands attend
the "Equality Rocks" concert the night before at RFK Stadium featuring
several big-name queer and supportive performers; reaffirmation by the state
House and Governor Howard Dean's signature officially enact Vermont "civil
unions", the most extensive legal recognition of gay & lesbian couples in the
U.S. to date, while Vermont state Auditor of Accounts Ed Flanagan officially
announces his candidacy to become the first openly-gay U.S. Senator;
Washington governor Gary Locke pushes for spousal health coverage for the
state's gay and lesbian employees, but the Virginia Supreme Court strikes
down Arlington County's domestic partner benefits; a Maryland appeals court
recognizes a lesbian co-parent's legal standing to sue for visitation,
Connecticut's state Senate joins the House in approving second-parent
adoptions by both same-gender and unmarried hetero couples, but Mississippi
bans all adoptions there by same-gender couples; the New Zealand Parliament
approves in principle giving domestic partners the same property rights as
legally married couples; what may be Nigeria's first reported "gay wedding"
sparks a formal investigation in the Muslim-dominated Kano state legislature;
in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth, mayor-elect Jaci Taylor announces that her
longtime partner Felicity Roberts will handle the duties traditionally borne
by mayors' wives; Scotland's Parliament votes overwhelmingly to move repeal
of the Thatcher-era "no promo homo" Section 28 to the committee stage, while
a last-ditch effort by opponents of repeal banks on a questionable referendum
funded by anti-gay millionaire businessman Brian Souter; and the French army
welcomes open gays and lesbians, as long as they don't try to "recruit" the
recruits [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, BRIAN
NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, GREG GORDON &
LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by BRIAN NUNES and JOSY CATOGGIO] . . . . .
9:45
SEGMENT #2 - The hundreds of thousands who gathered April 30th in
Washington, D.C. for the Millennium March for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Equality spent the afternoon listening to speakers representing
many different aspects of the movement. Two of the most inspiring speeches
came from former Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
LORI JEAN and former Executive Director of the National Black Lesbian and Gay
Leadership Forum KEITH BOYKIN. Jean dealt with the broad dimensions of the
fight for "full equality and nothing less", while Boykin's speech/poem
addressed the tensions between the mainstream lesbigay community and L/G/B/T
people of color -- and some of the concerns of those who were critical of the
march from the beginning [thanks to Alan Wiley and PlanetOut.com for
providing the sound].
Segment intro music from "Come To My Window" by MELISSA ETHERIDGE and intro
continuity [1:05] + Lori Jean speech excerpts [6:25] + "TWO" I.D. by Lucia
Chappelle [:05] + Keith Boykin speech excerpts [8:45] . . . . . . . 16:20
Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:40
TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00
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Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email
"T.W.O." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co
----------------------------- thanks! ---------------------------------
STATION PROMO COPY:
ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", KEITH BOYKIN AND LORI JEAN HIGHLIGHT
THE MILLENNIUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON RALLY IN BLACK AND WHITE... IN OTHER
NEWS, VERMONT CELEBRATES CIVIL UNIONS AND CONTEMPLATES A GAY SENATOR, WHILE
SAME-GENDER COUPLES ARE AT ISSUE IN NEW ZEALAND, WALES, AND NIGERIA...
CONNECTICUT MAY OKAY BUT MISSISSIPPI NIXES ADOPTION BY GAYS AND LESBIANS,
AND A WEALTHY ANTI-GAY BUSINESSMAN BUYS SCOTLAND'S "NO PROMO HOMO"
REFERENDUM. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT:
THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",
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